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Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
August 4, 2022: The Senate voted 95–1 in favor of ratifying the accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO. [14] August 7, 2022: The Senate voted 51–50 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. August 8, 2022: The FBI executes a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Republicans have won control of the Senate, a potential boost for a Donald Trump presidency or a roadblock for Kamala Harris if she wins. The victory of Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno ...
On the one hand, some claim the U.S. Senate has a bias against Republicans. However, since 1920, Democrats have controlled the Senate for about 58 years. During most of that period Senate Democrats earned a larger share of Senate seats than their share of the national House vote.
WASHINGTON – Republicans have won control of the Senate, a major boost for President-elect Donald Trump to enact his agenda, confirm his Cabinet officials and secure lifetime appointments for ...
Senate Democrats faced an uphill battle in the 2024 elections, ultimately losing their slim majority in the upper chamber after key seats flipped in Republicans' favor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -January brings several consequential dates for the U.S. Congress as Republicans consolidate power as a result of last November's elections with full control of the Senate ...
Consequently, this was the first split Congress since the 113th Congress of 2013–2015, and the first Republican Senate–Democratic House split since the 99th Congress of 1985–1987. This Congress was the youngest incoming class by mean age, compared to the previous three the incoming class of freshman representatives, [ 1 ] and the most ...